{{Short description|American judoka (born 1986)}} {{BLP sources|date=December 2023}}{{Infobox judoka | name = Travis Stevens | image = <!-- name.jpg --> | image_size = <!-- only when absolutely necessary --> | alt = | caption = | nationality = {{flagicon|USA}} American | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|02|28}} | birth_place = Bellevue, Washington | hometown = Wakefield, Massachusetts | alma_mater = North Shore Community College | height = 5 ft 11 in<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-03-07|title=Olympedia – Travis Stevens|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/112808}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> <!-- Sport -->| country = United States | weight_class = –81 kg | rank_alt = {{JudoRank|red|white}} 6th dan black belt in judo<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-03-02|language=en|title=Congratulations to Sensei Travis Stevens on his promotion to 6th Degree Black Belt|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CHOg9thpZ21/}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref><br>{{Nowrap|{{JudoRank|black}} Black belt in BJJ}}<ref name=blackbelt>{{Citation | last = Herle | first = Erin | title = USA Judo Olympian Travis Stevens earns Jiu-Jitsu black belt from John Danaher | newspaper = GracieMag | date = 2013-11-26 | url = https://www.graciemag.com/en/2013/11/26/usa-judo-olympian-travis-stevens-earns-jiu-jitsu-black-belt-from-john-danaher | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190804092400/https://www.graciemag.com/en/2013/11/26/usa-judo-olympian-travis-stevens-earns-jiu-jitsu-black-belt-from-john-danaher | access-date = 2016-10-07| archive-date = 2019-08-04 }}</ref> | club = Pedro's Judo Center | team = NYAC<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-03-07|language=en|title=Travis Stevens|url=https://www.teamusa.org/usa-judo/athletes/travis-stevens|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150501224153/http://www.teamusa.org/usa-judo/athletes/Travis-Stevens|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 1, 2015|website=TEAM USA}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> | coach = Jimmy Pedro, James Harai Sr., Jason Morris | website = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} --> <!-- Achievements and titles -->| worlds_rank = R16 | worlds_year = 2010 | worlds_weight = Men's 81 kg | regionals_type = AM | regionals_rank = 1 | regionals_year = 2009 | regionals_weight = <!-- Optional – To link to specific weightclass competition article (when one exists) --> | nationals = | olympics_rank = 2 | olympics_year = 2016 | olympics_weight = Men's 81 kg <!-- Medal record -->| show-medals = | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport| Men's judo }} {{Medal|Country| {{USA}} }} {{Medal|Competition| Olympic Games }} {{Medal|S| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | {{nbnd}}81 kg }} {{Medal|Competition| Pan American Games }} {{Medal|G| 2007 Rio de Janeiro | {{nbnd}}81 kg }} {{Medal|G| 2015 Toronto | {{nbnd}}81 kg }} {{Medal|Competition| Pan American Championships }} {{Medal|G| 2009 Buenos Aires | {{nbnd}}81 kg }} {{Medal|S| 2008 Miami | {{nbnd}}81 kg }} {{Medal|S| 2011 Guadalajara | {{nbnd}}81 kg }} {{Medal|S| 2016 Havana | {{nbnd}}81 kg }} {{Medal|B| 2010 San Salvador | {{nbnd}}81 kg }} {{Medal|B| 2013 San José | {{nbnd}}81 kg }} {{Medal|B| 2014 Guayaquil | {{nbnd}}81 kg }} {{Medal|B| 2015 Edmonton | {{nbnd}}81 kg }} {{Medal|Competition| World Masters }} {{Medal|G| 2016 Guadalajara | {{nbnd}}81 kg }} {{Medal|Competition| IJF Grand Slam }} {{Medal|S| 2011 Moscow | {{nbnd}}81 kg }} {{Medal|S| 2012 Rio de Janeiro | {{nbnd}}81 kg }} {{Medal|B| 2009 Rio de Janeiro | {{nbnd}}81 kg }} {{Medal|B| 2010 Paris | {{nbnd}}81 kg }} {{Medal|Competition| IJF Grand Prix }} {{Medal|G| 2011 Düsseldorf | {{nbnd}}81 kg }} {{Medal|G| 2013 Tashkent | {{nbnd}}81 kg }} {{Medal|G| 2014 Düsseldorf | {{nbnd}}81 kg }} {{Medal|S| 2014 Tbilisi | {{nbnd}}81 kg }} {{Medal|S| 2014 Havana | {{nbnd}}81 kg }} {{Medal|S| 2014 Zagreb | {{nbnd}}81 kg }} {{Medal|S| 2016 Havana | {{nbnd}}81 kg }} {{Medal|B| 2010 Qingdao | {{nbnd}}81 kg }} {{Medal|B| 2011 Abu Dhabi | {{nbnd}}81 kg }} | updated = 24 May 2023 }}
'''Travis Stevens''' (born February 28, 1986) is an American judoka who competed in the 2008, 2012, and 2016 Summer Olympics.<ref name=":0">[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418115415/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/travis-stevens-1.html Sport-Reference]</ref> He competes in the men's half-middleweight (−81 kg) division. On August 9, 2016, Stevens became the third American male judoka to win a silver medal in the Olympics.
Stevens also holds a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu under John Danaher and Renzo Gracie, which Danaher awarded on November 19, 2013.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web | title = Fastest BJJ Black Belt Promotion in History: 18 Months, Faster Than Caio Terra & BJ Penn | url = https://www.bjjee.com/articles/fastest-bjj-black-belt-promotion-in-history-18-months-faster-than-caio-terra-bj-penn/ | website = www.bjjee.com | date = 30 August 2021 | access-date = 2022-02-02}}</ref>
==Judo career== At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he lost to eventual gold medalist Ole Bischof in the third round, before losing to Tiago Camilo in the repechage.<ref>{{Cite web | title = 73 - 81kg (half-middleweight) men results - Judo - Beijing 2008 Olympics | url = http://www.olympic.org/olympic-results/beijing-2008/judo/73-81kg-half-middleweight-m | website = www.olympic.org | access-date = 2016-02-03}}</ref>
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he again lost to 2008 gold medalist Ole Bischof, this time in the semi-finals by judges' decision. Stevens was then beaten in the bronze medal match by Canada's Antoine Valois-Fortier.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web | title = 73 - 81kg (half-middleweight) men results - Judo - London 2012 Olympics | url = http://www.olympic.org/olympic-results/london-2012/judo/73-81kg-half-middleweight-m | website = www.olympic.org | access-date = 2016-02-03}}</ref>
At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he lost to Khasan Khalmurzaev (Russia) in the finals, earning a silver medal. On 9 August 2016, he was ranked number 12 in the world in the −81 kg weight class by the International Judo Federation.<ref>{{Cite web | title = IJF Senior World Ranking List | url = http://www.intjudo.eu/upload/2016_05/08/146272231717217271/ijf_sen_wrl_2016_05_09.pdf | website = World Judo Federation | access-date = 2016-08-09 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160610201301/http://www.intjudo.eu/upload/2016_05/08/146272231717217271/ijf_sen_wrl_2016_05_09.pdf | archive-date = 2016-06-10 | url-status = dead}}</ref>
Stevens primarily teaches out of FUJI Gym in Wakefield, Massachusetts, which he opened on January 12, 2013.
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